Mobile app - Let users choose where to save the downloaded pictures or files

[isagoico]

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Expected Result:

Users should be able to choose where to save the files that were downloaded from e.cash

Actual Result:

User is not able to choose on where to save the file.

Action Performed:

1. Log in to e.cash
2. Navigate to a conversation
3. Send a image or file
4. Click on the image or file
5. Click on the download icon on the top right.

Workaround:

Image can be downloaded but it's located in Files > On my iPhone > Expensify.cash (For iOS)

Platform:

Where is this issue occurring?

Web
iOS ✔️
Android ✔️
Desktop App
Mobile Web

Version Number: 1.0.66-0

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Notes/Photos/Videos:
Please check the slack thread linked below, it provides more information on why this is an issue.

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

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From @coleaeason https://expensify.slack.com/archives/C01GTK53T8Q/p1623207405117800

clicking download icon after clicking on an image on iOS does….nothing. But it says it downloaded the image

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @robertjchen (Engineering), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4319 for more details.

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @jliexpensify (External), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/8582 for more details.

[robertjchen]

Sounds like a great self-contained task for our contributors, tagging as External

[jliexpensify]

Posted to Upworks: https://www.upwork.com/ab/applicants/1403186180271632384/job-details

EDIT: Removed this post, as it had been 18 days without a proposal. Re-posted below!

[MelvinBot]

Triggered auto assignment to @NikkiWines (Exported), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/7972 for more details.

[jliexpensify]

Still awaiting proposals.

[dklymenk]

I tried to find an app on my phone that allows me to select a destination folder, I couldn't find one. All of them save the files to their own folders, some use the downloads directory. Also there are not many resources online on this particular topic in regards to react-native.

However, very recently a pickDirectory method has been merged into react-native-document-picker (a lib you are already using), it is android only and I actually wanted to give it a quick try.

Seems like it requires permissions that are different from default pick method, so I couldn't actually verify if it works.

Anyway, even it worked flawlessly it is still android only, so the way I see it, this feature request requires some contributions to native libraries. That is probably why there were zero proposals in a week.